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Media coalition recommends changes to Maryland court’s proposed sealing rule
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by The Baltimore Banner and The Washington Post, is recommending that…
June 8, 2023
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Chris Young
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Tennessee court orders unsealing of records in death-row inmate’s civil rights case
The ruling comes a month after the AP, represented by an RCFP attorney, intervened to bring transparency to the case.
January 23, 2023
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In re application of the Associated Press, Gannett Co., Inc., Gray Media Group, Inc., Hearst Corporation, and the Texas Tribune to unseal court records
Case Number: 5:22-mc-00111 Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Clients: Associated Press, Gannett Co., Inc., Gray…
August 17, 2022
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Chris Young
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Callahan v. United Network for Organ Sharing
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date Filed: Jan. 27, 2021 Background: In 2019, some hospitals and…
January 28, 2021
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Chris Young
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DC Circuit reverses district court ruling on unsealing electronic surveillance records
RCFP, BuzzFeed’s Jason Leopold have been fighting for years for greater public access to electronic surveillance court records.
July 8, 2020
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Sabrina Conza
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